Collection Highlights
Armchair
Date:
1785-1789
Object Number:
1916.7
Medium:
Mahogany; pine, poplar
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Museum Collections
Engagement Between the U.S. Frigate "Chesapeake" and H.M.S. "Shannon"
Object Number:
1963.67
Date:
1813
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, with touches of white gouache on paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 1/4 x 11 in. ( 23.5 x 27.9 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: lower: "Drawn by Lieut. John Allen Wright/June 1 AD 1813"
Inscriptions:
Inscribed and signed along lower edge in brown ink: "The Shannon and the Chesapeake Drawn by Lieutt John Allan Wright / St. P.B.Y Broke. Captain June 1 AD 1813 JAW"
Description:
Marine
Credit Line:
Bequest of Irving S. Olds
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
